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Once a government or tech company develops a definition of terrorism or violent extremism, it can be difficult to know how to apply these definitions to the variety of ways that terrorism and violent extremism manifests internationally and across online spaces.
This section of the site aims to highlight contextual resources on themes related to applying definitions to the online space. GIFCT funds the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) to bring forward actionable insights from experts and practitioners around the world to better inform and give context to tech companies, governments, practitioners and other stakeholders in this field. Insights are curated here under context-based themes.
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Ideologically motivated violent groups and movements take different forms in different parts of the world. In a post-9/11 framework, and particularly since the rise of ISIS, most terrorist studies and counter-extremism work have focussed on Islamist extremist groups. However, we also see modern trends of groups associated with white supremacy and neo-Naziism, misogyny-based violent extremist groups often referred to as being part of the “incel” community, far-left groups, and neo-nationalist groups such as the Hindutva movement and Buddhist extremist groups in Asia. Across international far-right violent extremist trends we see an increase in violence inducing conspiracy theory networks, including new trends revolving around anti-vaccination movements and even anti-5G movements that have an effect on technology companies.
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21st April 20205G and the Far Right: How Extremists Capitalise on Coronavirus ConspiraciesDr. Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Blyth Crawford
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15th April 2020“#CoronaJihad”: How the Far-Right in India is Responding to the PandemicDr. Eviane Leidig
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15th April 2020Coronavirus and Official Islamic State Output: An AnalysisAymenn Al-Tamimi
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08th April 2020The Coronavirus as a Means to an End: Extremist Reinterpretations of the PandemicManjana Sold, Clara-Auguste Süß
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06th April 2020Cumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative EscalationDr. William Allchorn
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